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This indicates that there is a group of people within the empire who are secretly accumulating power.

Something must have gone wrong within the empire, leaving the royal family with neither the energy to deal with the out-of-control Institute of Gods nor the ability to stop the monster smuggling in time.

He told Chen Xi that there should be a small-scale local civil unrest in the empire now.

In the next five years, the Empire will likely send troops to this God Cultivation Center to forcibly requisition gods. Chen Xi was warned not to agree to the Empire's call, or he would surely die.

In ten years at the latest, a civil war that would affect the entire country would surely break out in the empire.

If Chen Xi wants to survive the civil war safely, he must develop his strength and expand rapidly before he turns 20.

He could take over the orphanage and the town, but he couldn't stop there. He had to find opportunities to take over the surrounding areas.

In addition, as a great nobleman who once owned fiefdoms, the man also taught his son how to govern the territory.

The more Yu Tong listened, the more he felt that he was teaching Chen Xi how to take advantage of the chaos and establish a country of his own under the nose of the empire.

The boy, who was originally wiping his tears, gradually became serious and took out a notebook to write down his father's words.

At the same time, a message pops up in the system background.

[Deviation value detected plus 5 points, current Chen Xi's personality deviation value is: 55/100]

This time, Yu Tong didn't need to explain, the system also knew why the deviation value increased.

In the original story, the villain only wanted to be a human trafficker to make money, but now he wants to be a lord.

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After burying his father's body, Chen Xi returned to the dormitory in a depressed mood.

Tired after a night of sleep, Lily collapsed on the bed, rubbing her bloated stomach and fell into a deep sleep.

The teddy bear was sewing himself.

Applesauce and the Fairy Godmother search the house for something; it seems the Blob Warrior is missing.

Yu Tong had just finished chatting with the nuns and learned that the ghouls really didn't know what monsters there were every day.

However, the doors and windows of the four-person dormitory were permanently occupied by a monster, which would pretend to be very powerful, so that other monsters would not dare to break in directly.

So most of the time, these dormitories are safe, just like the confessional.

With a rough plan in mind, Yu Tong ran towards dormitory 4-5 with his little legs clattering.

When he passed by the 4-1 dormitory with its door open waiting for inspection, he saw the little girl who was often abused by her roommates.

She curled up quietly in the corner of the dormitory, with a stream of water floating at her feet.

It was a water drop warrior who came here to promote himself.

Chapter 60 The Second World (23)

The news has not spread yet. Except for a few people in dormitory 4-5 and the zombie nun, no one knows that the priest is dead.

Yu Tong used the nun's words to trick the other children into staying in the dormitory for another day.

They need to use the free time of this day to study carefully how they will manage the orphanage in the future.

In addition, they had just eaten the corpses of the Marsh God and the priest last night. After a night of digestion, the strength of several people had been greatly improved, and they needed to familiarize themselves with their own situation.

Chen Xi and Apple Sauce only ate the Swamp God and did not touch the priest's flesh and blood, so the increase in strength was not obvious.

Applesauce gained the ability to discern the truth, and she can tell with her naked eyes whether a person is lying or not, but she does not have the powerful aggressiveness of the Swamp God.

Chen Xi has an extra skill than her, which is threading a needle. He can release black threads out of thin air to cause damage to people.

After discovering that she had a strange ability, the little girl immediately hugged the vine that was swinging on the bed railing.

"Fairy Godmother, am I your favorite child?"

The vine swayed up and down, as if nodding.

"Great! Am I your little princess?"

"I knew it! Am I the most beautiful woman in the world?"

Vine was busy working out and nodded absentmindedly.

Applesauce's face instantly fell, and she burst into tears, "You lied to me!"

Chen Xi was catching up on his sleep when he was woken by the sound of a girl pretending to cry. He drowsily pulled open the bed curtains and mumbled, "Applesauce is still young, not even a woman. You are the most beautiful little girl in the world."

Applesauce just wanted to play out a scene from Snow White. When she saw someone was willing to cooperate with her, she immediately stopped crying and smiled sweetly.

Chen Xi casually glanced at the time and saw that it was already 10 o'clock, so he simply got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.

When he came out of his comfortable shower, he heard the Sun God Chicken chatting with two little girls and asking them why they were so perfunctory in their names.

Lily folded her arms. "Lily's name isn't perfunctory. My full name is Smith Edward Lily Antonio."

Applesauce lowered her head shyly. "My parents sold me to an orphanage. Besides me, there were two older brothers and sisters. The purpose of our birth was to exchange gold coins for our family, so no one gave us names."

As soon as she said this, the dormitory, which had been bustling just a moment ago, suddenly became deathly silent.

The teddy bear that was chasing the vines stopped and turned to look over.

Lily translated: "Bear Warrior asks, why would your parents sell their own child for money? Are they too hungry? Why don't they catch someone else to eat?"

Yu Tong and Chen Xi looked at the teddy bear at the same time. It was saying something very serious.

Applesauce waved her hands, "No, no, even though they are my parents, I am not their child."

"Were you trafficked?"

"I'm a biological child. We have many children like me who are biologically born but not considered children."

Applesauce thought about it seriously for a moment. "I think it's because the newspaper said that the empire's economy is...big?"

Yu Tong reminded from the side, "It's the Great Depression."

"Oh, yes, the Great Depression! Many people couldn't find jobs, and the Imperial Steel Works was forcibly conscripting young and middle-aged workers. I heard from my mother that before the war, our family was very well-off and could even afford a maid. After the war, our area became very poor."